October 1, 2020 Genesis 32:30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” Not too many people can claim to have seen God face to face and live to tell about it. In fact, years later, Moses was told: ““You cannot […]
September 30, 2020 Today is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Tradition has it that on this day Moses returned from the top of Mt. Sinai, carrying the second tablets of the Law. This was in the aftermath of the Golden Calf incident and came as a result of Moses interceding for the people. While […]
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 Genesis 32:27-28 So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.” And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.” To walk as Israel is to say that one has encountered God and […]
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 Genesis 32:27-28 So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.” And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men,and have prevailed.” I don’t think it’s likely that the man/angel didn’t know who He was struggling […]
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 Genesis 32:25 Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. It is fascinating to me that the man — who most believe to be an angel or […]
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 Genesis 32:22-24 And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok. He took them, sent them over the brook, and sent over what he had. Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him […]
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 Genesis 32:9-11 Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you’: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all […]
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 Genesis 32:7-87 In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well. He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.” That Jacob — soon to be known as Israel […]
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 Genesis 6-8 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.” In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds […]
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 Genesis 32:3-5 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. I […]
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 Genesis 32:1-2 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So, he named that place Mahanaim. After Laban departed for his home, Jacob resumed his journey to the land of Canaan, and it is at […]
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 Genesis 31:45-47 So, Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So, they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap. Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed It is interesting […]
